IAPA Overview

The Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) is a not-for-profit, member-driven organization operating in the Province of Ontario since 1917. Representing more than 50,000 member firms and more than 1.5 million workers, IAPA is Canada’s largest health and safety organization and has taken a leading role in the prevention of workplace injury and illness, working for improvement in the health and safety performance of our member firms.

Our Vision
A world where risks are controlled because everyone believes suffering and loss are morally, socially, and economically unacceptable.

Our Mission
To improve the quality of life in workplaces and communities we serve by being an internationally recognized leader in providing effective programs, products and services for the prevention of injury and illness.

Our Values
At IAPA we value –

• care and respect for people
• trust and integrity
• continuous improvement and innovation
• openness to ideas
• leading by example
• recognition
• life/work balance

IAPA Quality Policy
IAPA is committed to achieving the highest standards, through continual improvement, in providing programs, products, and services that:

• serve the needs of our employees, customers and stakeholders
• are effective for the prevention of injury and illness, and
• provide value in terms of the services delivered and outcomes achieved for the costs incurred.

IAPA recognized with prestigious National Quality Institute Awards

In 1998, IAPA embarked on a journey to excellence with the adoption of the National Quality Institute (NQI)’s Canadian Quality Criteria. This journey grew to include criteria that focused not only on quality, but the development and maintenance of a healthy workplace. IAPA has remained committed to this journey to excellence and as a result, has received exceptional results.

IAPA has been awarded three prestigious certifications in organizational excellence from NQI:

• NQI Progressive Excellence Program Level 4 Certification for Quality
• Canada Awards for Excellence (CAE) Gold Trophy in the Quality category
• CAE Gold Trophy in the Healthy Workplace category

IAPA is a proud recipient of these awards and will continue to find new and innovative ways of creating greater excellence in order to be a model healthy workplace and maintain a high level of quality so that we can deliver the best to both our staff and our clients.

For additional information on these awards and IAPA’s journey in obtaining them review IAPA's Journey to Excellence and IAPA's press release September 9, 2008.

IAPA recognized with prestigious National Quality Institute Awards

IAPA is fully certified to ISO 9001. ISO 9001 specifies requirements for a quality management system for any organization that wishes to consistently provide products that meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements, aims to enhance customer satisfaction, and continuously improve its quality performance.

QMI Certificate of Registration (703 KB)

IAPA Health, Safety, Environment and Wellness Policy
IAPA is committed to the reduction of risk to the environment and the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses among IAPA employees.

IAPA Health, Safety, Environment and Wellness Policy (45 KB PDF)

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) - of being a good corporate citizen - is not new. However, the definitions and scope of CSR, and the expectations of employers to meet certain obligations and standards of conduct, have expanded greatly.

Today, there is a growing onus on businesses and other organizations to consistently operate in the best interests of their people, their community, and the planet.

Engage, influence and commit - these are the themes that run through IAPA's CSR initiatives. These initiatives don't represent a new strategy but an ongoing effort. This report outlines our CSR principles and priorities, and the status of our actions across three categories:

• People
• Environment
• Community

CSR fits with our focus - health, safety, and wellness - in the broadest sense. Corporate social responsibility is the foundation of who we are and what we do every day.

We hope that our actions will inspire other stakeholders to work towards creating a growing - and enduring - culture of corporate social responsibility.

Corporate social responsibility report (1,333 KB PDF)